| ALEFX | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +147.85% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +10.24% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +25.70% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.40 |
| Deepest drawdown | -63.73% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2018-01-23 → 2020-03-18 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 15.54% (as of 2026-10-02) |
Over the 9.3 years to 2026-10-02 the fund returned +147.85% in total (+10.24% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -63.73% from 2018-01-23 to 2020-03-18. Its worst calendar year was 2020 (-25.13%), its best 2024 (+43.84%).
| Year | ALEFX |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +21.88% |
| 2025 | +4.66% |
| 2024 | +43.84% |
| 2023 | +13.90% |
| 2022 | +17.32% |
| 2021 | +37.77% |
| 2020 | -25.13% |
| 2019 | +20.41% |
| 2018 | -18.96% |
| 2017 | +0.42% |
+147.85% in total, which works out to +10.24% a year over the 9 years to 2026-10-02. Both figures assume dividends were reinvested and the fund's own fees were already deducted, so they are what an investor would have kept — before tax.
2020 — its calendar-year return was -25.13% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2024 (+43.84%).
-63.73%, from a peak on 2018-01-23 to a trough on 2020-03-18. From that trough it took 443 days (about 14.6 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 15.54% of its share price (as of 2026-10-02). That is a past distribution, not a promise of future income, and it is already counted in every return figure on this page.
It does not say ALEFX is a good or bad fund, and it is not a forecast. Returns above are history: they already include dividends and already exclude the fund's own fees. A drawdown of -63.73% means an investor who bought at the peak would have watched that much value disappear before it recovered — how long that takes is the part most tables leave out.